The Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ has shipped the first few bulldozers to Morocco where they will be used for phosphate mining, the press service of the Belarusian Industry Ministry has reported.
      The Belarusian company systematically and confidently expands the geography of deliveries to one of the promising international mining markets — Africa. In May 2015 wheeled bulldozers BelAZ 78231 were shipped to the state enterprise OCP in Morocco. The company that has bought Belarusian machines extracts phosphates in other African countries, too.
      On the whole, Morocco has considerable deposits of phosphates, copper, gold, and silver.
According to the press service, wheeled bulldozers BelAZ 78231 are designed to mechanize earthworks and excavation in open pits at major construction sites. Wheeled bulldozers BelAZ 78231 are successfully used as part of mining operations in Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and non-CIS states, including Bulgaria, Venezuela, and India. Similar machines have been sold to South Africa and Zimbabwe.